Newspaper-clip.



A. ROBERTSON L M. L. WOODALL.

NEWSPAPER CLIP.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.10,1914.

1,1 19,315. Patented Dec. 1,1914.

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ALLAN ROBERTSON AND MOR-LEY LINNAL WOODALL, 0F EORONTO, ONTARIO, CAI\TAD.A`

NEWSPAPERCLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed April 10, 1914. Serial No. 831,081.

To all Iwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that We, ALLAN ROBERTSON and MORLEY LINNAL WooDALL, both subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved clip for holding newspapers and the like, and has as its principal object the provision of a simple and convenient article for this purpose.

A further object of our invention resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing z-F igure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. l, parts being `broken away for purposes of illustration.

In the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l is a base plate adapted to be attached to a rack or table by screws such as 2. If desired, however, the plate 1 may be sesecured to a portable backing. Carried by the plate 1 is a raised head or portion 3 over which it is expected to slip the newspaper to be held, and a clip 4 is arranged to clamp the newspaper against the backing 3 at the point 5.

The clip 4 comprises an essentially fiat metallic plate the general shape of which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the edge 5 of the clip lies parallel with the base 'of the bed l. The opposite end of the 4plate 4 is designated at 6 and the edges of the plate 4 are bent over as indicated at 7 at a point somewhat closer to the end 6 than to the end 5, so as to afford projections by which the plate 4 may be pivotally connected to lugs such as 8 which project upwardly from the plate 1. A pin 9 is passed through the lugs 8 and the round turned edges 7, a spring such as 10 being coiled around the pin 9 and arranged to press the end of the plate 4 against the portion 3.

Adjacent the end 6 we have provided a shield-like projectionll which is rigid with the plate 1 and projects upwardly and over the end 6 of the plate 4. Pivotcd in the projection l1, by means of a pin such as l2, is a cover 13 which is provided at the end opposite the pin 12 with a finger piece or handle 14 by which it may be lifted. At its end near the pin 12, the cover 13 is curved downwardly as shown at l5 so as to contact with the end 6 of the plate 4 and it will be understood that the normal position of the parts is that shown in Fig. 2. When, however, the plate 13 is lifted bymeans of the handle 14, the end 15 presses against the end G and thus lifts the end 5 of the plate 4 off of the bed plate 3 so that a newspaper may be inserted or removed from the clip.

Upon releasing the handle 14 the parts are returned to the position shown in Fig. 2 by the action of the spring.

Side members 16-16 are provided rigid with plate l, and with the shield portion 11, which inclose the operative parts of the device.

It will be understood that while we have shown and described the preferred form of our invention, we do not wish to be limited to the mechanical details described herein except where clearly limited by the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. `A newspaper clip comprising in combination, a spring actuated clamping plate, a base plate on which said clamping plate is mounted, and a member for actuating said clamping plate against the action of its spring, said member being pivotally mounted on said base plate, said member being mounted separately from said clamping plate and arranged to actuate the same by contact.

2.` A `newspaper clip comprising in combination, a base plate, a spring actuated clamping member pivotcd on said base plate, a shield member near one end of said base plate, `and a cover plate pivoted in said shield member, said cover plate being arranged to hide said clamping member and also to actuate the same in opposition to tuate the same in opposition to its spring, 10 its spring. and a handle for said cover plate,

3. A newspaper clip comprising in Combi- In testimony whereof we affix our signanation, a base plate, a spring actuated olamptures in the presence of two witnesses.

\ ing member pivoted 0n said base plate, a ALLAN ROBERTSON.

Shield member near one end of'sad base MORLEY LINNAL WOODALL. plate, a @over plate pivoted on said shield Witnesses: member, said cover plate being arranged to Y. Gr. DYKE,

hide said clamping member and alsor to ao.- H. M. CHRISTMAN.

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